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US Navy carrier-based helicopters

            These are my UH-2 Seasprite, SH-3H Sea King, SH-60F Seahawk and MH-60S Seahawk helicopters, assigned to Carrier Wing 8 in 1965, 1978, 2003 and 2017, respectively. The picture gives a nice overview of how US Navy carrier-based helicopters evolved over the years. The Seasprite was an early jet-turbine-powered helicopter that entered service in 1962. At the time, carrier air wings included a helicopter detachment from one of two Helicopter Utility Squadrons, HU-1 for West-Coast carriers and HU-2 for those from the East Coast.  Their helicopters were used for transport and, more importantly, for plane-guard duties. During carrier operations, at least one helicopter would fly circuits next to the aircraft carrier to recover aircrew (or deck crew) from the water in case of mishaps. In later years, the helicopters were replaced by variants of the SH-3 Sea King, which previously only served with anti-submarine helicopter squadrons aboard dedicated anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carriers. The last of these carriers was retired in the early seventies, with the anti-submarine helicopter squadrons transferring to regular carrier air wings. Sea Kings were used for ASW, as well as for transport and as a plane-guard helicopter. They were replaced by SH-60F Seahawks, from the late eighties. However, those had a much smaller cabin than the Sea King and therefore most squadrons also operated a small number of HH-60H Seahawks, without ASW equipment. These were used as plane-guard mission but also for combat search and rescue (CSAR) and, with the later addition of an IR/ laser designator turret and Hellfire missiles, for anti-surface warfare (ASuW). By 2017, the SH-60F/HH-60Hs had been replaced by MH-60R Seahawks, assigned to a Helicopter Maritime Strike squadron for ASW and ASuW and by MH-60S Seahawks that are part of a Helicopter Combat Squadron, used as plane guards and for transport, ASuW and CSAR. 
   

Taken on: September 29, 2024

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Seasprite

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Sets appears in: • Lego MH-60S Seahawk • LEGO UH-2A Sea Sprite more » • LEGO SH-3H Sea King • LEGO SH-60F Sea Hawk • Aircraft of Carrier Wing 8 • Rotors • US Navy aircraft « less

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